Joseph A. Burke  (1884-1950)
Last updated: 01.10.24
According to the Internet source given below, Joseph Aloysius Burke was an American composer, pianist and actor born in Phiöadelphia.
He studied at the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music and started as a pianist accompanying silent movies and an arranger in a music publishing firm. He also worked as a film actor, appearing in the 1915 silent movie The Senator.
Of ragtime interest is Raving Rag (1911) published by Welch & Wilsky, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Burke died in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania.

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url15.gif Joe Burke (composer) Biography by wikipedia.org.  
Joseph A. Burke  (1884-1950) has at least 1 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.
b00alyr544_m.jpgIt's Never Too Late to Be Sorry
Music by: Joseph A. Burke.
Words by: James E. Dempsey
Performed by: Marguerite Snow
Publisher: Shisler, Gaskill & Benkhart Music Pub
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Printed: 1918. Sheet Music.
  Title (Release Year) Co-Author(s) Performers Issue
         
cylinder15.gif Yearning Just For You (1925) Greenwich Village Inn Orch. Edison Blue Amberol: 5002
cylinder15.gif It's Never Too Late to Be Sorry (1919) Manuel Romain Edison Blue Amberol: 3681
cylinder15.gif Who Wouldn't Be Blue? (1928) Palais D'Or Orchestra Edison Blue Amberol: 5555
  Title Co-Author(s) Sequencer
       
audiomidi15.gif Raving Rag (1911) James Pitt-Payne
  Title (Release Year) Composer Performers Issue
         
recordmp3.gif Baby Your Mother (1927) J.A. Burke G. Rowell
Ford Rush		 Columbia: W144397
record15.gif Carolina Moon (1929) J.A. Burke Gay Ellis
Annette Hanshaw		 Columbia: [W]147774
recordmp3.gif Give Your Little Baby Lots of Lovin' (1929) J.A. Burke Ermine Calloway Edison: 18978
recordmp3.gif I Still Keep Dreaming of You (1928) J.A. Burke R. Etting Columbia: W147017
recordmp3.gif Painting the Clouds With Sunshine (1929) J.A. Burke G. Rowell
Ford Rush		 Columbia: W148687
recordmp3.gif Robins and Roses (1936) J.A. Burke Dolly Dawn Victor: BS-101535
recordmp3.gif So Is Your Old Lady (1926) J.A. Burke R. Etting Columbia: W141964
recordmp3.gif Why Can't You Care? (1928) J.A. Burke Kitty O'Connor Columbia: W146368
recordmp3.gif Yearning Just For You (1925) J.A. Burke Kitty O'Connor Columbia: W140464
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           


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pdf15.gif		 If I Had a Son For Each Star in Old Glory (1917) J.A. Burke (music)
J.E. Dempsey (words)
Larry Comer (perf.)
Florence Timponi (perf.)		 Piano, Voice

Indiana
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pdf15.gif		 It's Never Too Late to Be Sorry (1918) J.A. Burke (music)
James E. Dempsey (words)
Marguerite Snow (perf.)
Marguerite Snow (perf.)		 Piano, Voice

Greer
Indiana		 wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif My Yiddisha Butterfly (1917) J.A. Burke (music)
Al Dubin (words)
Eugene Howard (perf.)
Willie Howard (perf.)		 Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Soldier's Rosary (1918), A J.A. Burke (music)
J.E. Dempsey (words)		 Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Somebody's Boy (1918) J.A. Burke (music)
J.E. Dempsey (words)		 Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Tell Me You're Sorry (1928) J.A. Burke (music)
B. Davis (words)
Doree Leslie (perf.)		 Piano, Voice Scholars Junction wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif When the Sun Goes Down in Sleepy Hollow (1918) J.A. Burke (music)
B. Davis (words)		 Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif  ⇑When You Sang Soprano (1917) J.A. Burke (music)
E. Burtnett (coauth.)
James E. Dempsey (words)		 Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif You Must Believe Me (1933) J.A. Burke (music)
C. Tobias (words)
A. Remsen (perf.)		 Piano, Voice Scholars Junction wvicon.gif
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 103 works by Joseph A. Burke (1884-1950). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Give Me a Honeymoon That's Irish 1910 A. Dubin (words)  wvicon.gif
Raving Rag 1911 Ivy Easy (perf.)  Pub.
Try Loving in an Aeroplane 1911 A. Dubin (words)
Message of the Honeymoon, The 1912 Al Dubin (words)
H.R. Curtis (words)
Emmett J. Welch (perf.) 		 Pub.
Germany You'll Soon Be No Man's Land 1914-8  wvicon.gif
Going Up the Sawdust Trail 1915 Al Dubin (words)  wvicon.gif
Hero of the European War, The 1916 Geo. B. McConnell (words)
Al Dubin (words)
If I Had a Son For Each Star in Old Glory 1917 J.E. Dempsey (words)
Monte Austin (perf.)
Elizabeth Brice (perf.)
Larry Comer (perf.)
Charles King (perf.)
Florence Timponi (perf.) 		 Pub.
My Yiddisha Butterfly 1917 Al Dubin (words)
Eugene Howard (perf.)
Willie Howard (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
When You Sang Soprano 1917 Earl Burtnett (co-author)
James E. Dempsey (words) 		 wvicon.gif
Greatest Day the World Will Ever Know, The 1918 Ed Morton (words)
James Dempsy (words)
Ed Morton (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
⇑ It's Never Too Late to Be Sorry 1918 James E. Dempsey (words)
Manuel Romain (perf.)
Marguerite Snow (perf.) 		 amazon15.gif wvicon.gif  cylinder15.gif
Soldier's Rosary, A 1918 J.E. Dempsey (words)  Pub.
Somebody's Boy 1918 J.E. Dempsey (words)  wvicon.gif
When the Sun Goes Down in Sleepy Hollow 1918 Benny Davis (words)  wvicon.gif
If I'm Dreaming 1919 Marilyn Miller (perf.)  wvicon.gif
Look For the Silver Lining 1920 Guy Bolton (words)
Clifford Grey (words)
Al Dubin (words)
Midsummer Night Blues 1922 Lou Herscher (co-author)  Pub.
Don't Forget to Remember 1923 Mark Fisher (words)  wvicon.gif
My Miami Mammy (w&m) 1923 Lou Herscher (co-author)  Pub.
Dear One 1924 Cy Richardson (co-author)
Mark Fisher (co-author) 		 Pub.
Lullaby of Long Ago 1924 Lou Herscher (co-author)
No Wonder 1924 Benny Davis (words)  Pub.
⇑ Who Wants a Bad Little Boy? 1924 Mark Fisher (words)  Pub.
Forever and Ever With You 1925 Benny Davis (words)
Lee Sims (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Leave Me Something to Remember 1925 Benny Davis (words)  wvicon.gif
She Was Just a Sailor's Sweetheart (w&m) 1925  Pub.
So That's the Kind of a Girl You Are 1925 Billy Rose (words)
Al Dubin (words) 		 wvicon.gif
Yearning Just For You (w&m) 1925 Benny Davis (words)
Margie Carson (perf.)
Mary Cranston (perf.)
Morton Downey (perf.)
Tina Glenn (perf.)
Delbridge Gremmer (perf.)
Gerald Griffin (perf.)
John Hammond (perf.)
Mary Jayne (perf.)
Bryan Lee (perf.)
Kitty O'Connor (perf.)
Greenwich Village Inn Orch. (perf.)
Jack Richards (perf.)
Glenn C. Smith (perf.)
Yvette (perf.) 		 Pub.  recordmp3.gif cylinder15.gif cylinder15.gif
And Then I Forget 1926 Benny Davis (co-author)
I Never Knew How Wonderful You Were 1926 Dorothy Terriss (words)  Pub.
I'd Love to Meet That Old Sweetheart of Mine 1926 Benny Davis (co-author)
Never Without You 1926 Benny Davis (words)  wvicon.gif
So Is Your Old Lady 1926 Al Dubin (words)
Ruth Etting (perf.) 		  recordmp3.gif
While the Years Go Drifting By 1926 Gus Kahn (words)
Baby Your Mother 1927 Andrew Donnelly (words)
Dolly Morse (words)
Glenn Rowell (perf.)
Ford Rush (perf.) 		 Pub.  recordmp3.gif
⇑ Oh, What a Pal Was ''Whoozis'' 1927 Gus Kahn (words)
George Olsen (perf.) 		 Pub.
One More Night 1927 Billy Rose (words)
Peter Higgins (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
Sweetheart Memories 1927 Benny Davis (co-author)  Pub.
Carolina Moon 1928 Benny Davis (words)
Gene Austin (perf.)
Gay Ellis (perf.)
Jack Fulton (perf.)
Annette Hanshaw (perf.)
Mike Landau (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif  record15.gif
Give Your Little Baby Lots of Lovin' 1928 Dolly Morse (words)
Ermine Calloway (perf.) 		 Pub.  recordmp3.gif
I Still Keep Dreaming of You 1928 Benny Davis (words)
Ruth Etting (perf.) 		  recordmp3.gif
Tell Me You're Sorry 1928 Benny Davis (words)
Jimmie Gallagher (perf.)
Myrtle Gordon (perf.)
Doree Leslie (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
Who Wouldn't Be Blue? 1928 Palais D'Or Orchestra (perf.)   cylinder15.gif
Why Can't You Care? 1928 L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)
Kitty O'Connor (perf.) 		  recordmp3.gif
After Business Hours 1929 Al Dubin (words)
All I Want to Do-Do-Do Is Dance 1929 Al Dubin (words)
Marilyn Miller (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif youtube15.jpg
All That I'm Asking Is Sympathy 1929 Benny Davis (co-author)
⇑ Darn Fool Woman Like Me, A 1929 Al Dubin (words)
Winnie Lightner (perf.) 		 Pub.
Dream Mother 1929 Al Lewis (words)
Al Sherman (words)
Gene Austin (perf.)
George Olsen (perf.) 		 Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Go to Bed 1929 Al Dubin (words)
Winnie Lightner (perf.)
Nick Lucas (perf.)
Ann Pennington (perf.)
Lilyan Tashman (perf.)
Conway Tearle (perf.)
Nancy Welford (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
In a Kitchenette 1929 Al Dubin (words)
Winnie Lightner (perf.)
Nick Lucas (perf.)
Ann Pennington (perf.)
Lilyan Tashman (perf.)
Conway Tearle (perf.)
Nancy Welford (perf.) 		 Pub.
Like a Breath of Spring Time 1929 Al Dubin (words)  wvicon.gif
Mechanical Man 1929 Al Dubin (words)
Winnie Lightner (perf.)
Nick Lucas (perf.)
Ann Pennington (perf.)
Lilyan Tashman (perf.)
Conway Tearle (perf.)
Nancy Welford (perf.) 		 Pub.
Painting the Clouds With Sunshine 1929 Al Dubin (words)
Nick Lucas (perf.)
Virginia Mayo (perf.)
Dennis Morgan (perf.)
Lucille Morgan (perf.)
Gene Nelson (perf.)
Ann Pennigton (perf.)
Glenn Rowell (perf.)
Ford Rush (perf.)
S. Z. Sakall (perf.)
Lilyan Tashman (perf.)
Conway Tearle (perf.) 		 Pub.  recordmp3.gif
Tip-Toe Thur' the Tulips With Me 1929 Al Dubin (words)
Winnie Lightner (perf.)
Nick Lucas (perf.)
Ann Pennington (perf.)
Lilyan Tashman (perf.)
Conway Tearle (perf.)
Nancy Welford (perf.) 		 Pub.
Dancing With Tears in My Eyes 1930 Al Dubin (words)
Rudy Vallée (perf.) 		 Pub.
For You 1930 All Dubin (words)
Sam Lanin (perf.) 		 Pub.
Highway to Heaven 1930 Al Dubin (words)
Olsen & Johnson (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
In Memory of You 1930 Al Dubin (words)  wvicon.gif
Kiss Waltz, The 1930 Al Dubin (words)
Sue Carol (perf.)
Grant Withers (perf.) 		 Pub.
⇑ Leave a Little Smile 1930 Al Dubin (words)  Pub.
Sing a Little Theme Song 1930 Al Dubin (words)  Pub.
When Love Comes in the Moonlight 1930 Al Dubin (words)  Pub.
When the Little Red Roses Get the Blues For You (w&m) 1930  Pub.
Crosby, Columbo and Vallée (w&m) 1931 Al. Dubin (co-author)
Eddie Cantor (perf.)
Bing Crosby (perf.) 		 Pub.
If You Should Ever Need Me 1931 Al Dubin (words)  Pub.
Many Happy Returns of the Day 1931 Al Dubin (words)
Ruth Etting (perf.)
Wayne King (perf.)
Kate Smith (perf.) 		 Pub.
When the Rest of the Crowd Goes Home I Always Go 1931 Al Dubin (words)
Russ Columbo (perf.) 		 Pub.
How Can You Say No 1932 Al Dubin (words)
Irving Kahal (words)
Dick Powell (perf.) 		 Pub.
Just Another Dream of You 1932 Benny Davis (words)
Bing Crosby (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
My Wishing Song 1932 Irving Kahal (words)
Jane Froman (perf.)
Ann Leaf (perf.) 		 Pub.
Whisper Waltz, The 1932 Paul Francis Webster (words)
Guy Lombardo (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
⇑ You'll Always Be the Same Sweetheart (w&m) 1932 Peter De Rose (co-author)
Smith Ballew (perf.) 		 Pub.
Little Locket of Long Ago (w&m) 1933 Harry Woods (co-author)
Don Bestor (perf.) 		 Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Memory Waltz, The 1933 Benny Davis (words)
Phil Regan (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
Tired Hands 1933 Dave Oppenheim (words)  wvicon.gif
You Must Believe Me 1933 Charles Tobias (words)
Alice Remsen (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
I'm Lonesome For You, Caroline 1934 Rene Walker (words)  Pub.
Little Church Around the Corner, A 1934 Rene Walker (words)  Pub.
Moonlight Waltz 1934 Ned Washington (words)  wvicon.gif
Bridal Waltz, The 1935 Milton Drake (words)
Ira Schuster (words)
Cling to Me 1935 Edgar Leslie (words)  wvicon.gif
I'm Lost For Words 1935 Eddie De Lange (co-author)
Archie Fletcher (co-author)
In a Little Gypsy Tea Room 1935 Edgar Leslie (words)  Pub.
Little Bit Independent, A 1935 Edgar Leslie (words)
Dick Haymes & Gordon Jenkins (perf.)
Ray Heatherton (perf.)
Ozzie Nelson: (perf.)
Larry Taylor (perf.)
Rudy Vallée (perf.) 		 Pub.
⇑ Moon Over Miami 1935 Edgar Leslie (words)
Bonnie Blue (perf.)
Patti Chapin (perf.)
Sammy Kaye (perf.)
Sterling Young (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
On Treasure Island 1935 Edgar Leslie (words)  Pub.
There's a Little Picture Playhouse in My Heart 1935 Edgar Leslie (words)  Pub.
Little Rendezvous in Honolulu, A 1936 Edgar Leslie (words)  Pub.
Midnight Blue 1936 Edgar Leslie (words)  wvicon.gif
Robins and Roses 1936 Edgar Leslie (words)
Dolly Dawn (perf.)
Alan Leafer (perf.) 		 Pub.  recordmp3.gif
Getting Some Fun Out of Life 1937 Edgar Leslie (words)
Henry Busse (perf.) 		 Pub.
It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane (w&m) 1937 Edgar Leslie (co-author)
Don Bestor (perf.)
Emery Deutsch (perf.)
Al Donahue (perf.)
Shep Fields (perf.)
Guy Lombardo (perf.)
Frank Parker (perf.) 		 Pub.
Neither Do I 1937 Edgar Leslie (words)
At a Perfume Counter on the Rue De La Paix 1938  Pub.
If It Rains - Who Cares! 1938 Edgar Leslie (words)  Pub.
Rainbow Valley 1939 Edgar Leslie (words)  wvicon.gif
⇑ We Must Be Vigilant (w&m) 1942 F. W. Meacham (co-author)
By the River of the Roses 1943 Marty Symes (words)
David Cheskin (perf.)
Del Courtney (perf.)
Lawrence Welk (perf.)
Ilene Woods (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Rambling Rose 1948 Joseph Allen McCarthy (words)  wvicon.gif
Are You Lonely? 1952 Lou Herscher (words)  wvicon.gif
Who Wouldn't Love You? ? Benny Davis (words)
     Composer Title Performer
       
youtube15.jpg J.A. Burke All I Want to Do-Do-Do Is Dance (2:35) Marilyn Miller